Modern Magic (Modern Library) [Hardcover]

Louisa May Alcott (Author)

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Series: Modern Library | Publication Date: November 28, 1995

Published to coincide with the release of Louisa May Alcott's long-lost novel, A Long Fatal Love Chase, Modern Magic will take a significant part in the surge of interest in Alcott's neglected works. The selections include "A Pair of Eyes, or Modern Magic, " The Fate of the Forrests, " "Behind a Mask or, A Woman's Power, " and "My Mysterious Mademoiselle."

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Published to coincide with the release of Louisa May Alcott's long-lost novel, A Long Fatal Love Chase, Modern Magic will take a significant part in the surge of interest in Alcott's neglected works. The selections include "A Pair of Eyes, or Modern Magic, " The Fate of the Forrests, " "Behind a Mask or, A Woman's Power, " and "My Mysterious Mademoiselle."

About the Author

Louisa May Alcott was born in 1832 in Pennsylvania and grew up in Concord, Massachusetts. She is best known for her books for children. The daughter of philosopher and reformer Amons Bronson Alcott, she was also a supporter of women's rights and an abolitionist. Family debts led her to write the autobiographical novel Little Women (1868). The book was a huge success, followed by Little Men, An Old-Fashioned Girl, and several other novels.


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Product Details

• Hardcover: 275 pages
• Publisher: Modern Library; Modern library ed edition (November 28, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679601716
• ISBN-13: 978-0679601715
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,122,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Louisa May Alcott was both an abolitionist and a feminist. She is best known for Little Women (1868), a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood years with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. Alcott, unlike Jo, never married: "... because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man." She was an advocate of women's suffrage and was the first woman to register to vote in Concord, Massachusetts.